Planetary reverse gear



Jan. 28, 1947. P. ORR

PLANETARY REVERSE GEAR Filed Jan. '13, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 28, 1947. P. ORR

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Patented Jan. 28, 1947 UNITED STATE PLANETARY REvERsE GEAR Palmer Orr, Muncie, Ind.,

Chicago,

Warner Corporation,

tion of Illinois Application January 13, 1944,

2 Claims. (Cl. 14-298) The present invention relates to reversing means for transmissions and similar gearing. The improvements are more particularly directed to a reversing gear of the planetary ty'pe wherein a synchronizer is employed for both the clutching and the braking means.

The reversing gear structure whichis contemplated herein is adapted to actuating the propeller of a small boat such as a launch, surf-boat, and the like for the pur ose of driving the boat ahead or astern. The shifting of the gears and the engagement of the brake for either forward or reverse movement of the driven shaft is ac-' comn ished by a single control lever that is moved in either of two directions from a neutral or intermediateposition.

One of the princ pal objects of the present invention is to simplify the construction of a planetary reversing gear such as contemplated herein, and to improve the operation and efficiency of I Another object of in providing a planetary reversing gear that employs a blocker-type synchronizer for both the clutching and the braking means. i

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a planetary reversing gear that is adapted for cooperative assembly with an engine clutch. I

In the present transmission the sun gears are of the same s ze and are disposed in close relathe respective drive and driven shafts, and the planet gears are elongated so that each gear, while meshed with a sun gear will also be in mesh with anintermediate planet gear. This permits the use of,relatively smaller planet gears than are usually employed which lightens the weight of the transmission assembly, and by reason of a tri le arrangement of these gears the assembly will materially assist in equalizing and distributing the load.

Additional objects, aims and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art after the construction and operation of the improved reversing gear structure is understood from the within description;

It is preferred to accomplish the numerous objects of this invention, and to practice the same. in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being made to that form a part of Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section partly in elevation, taken through theaxes of the drive the present invention resides v jacent portions of said shafts ing sections l i assignor to Borg Ill., a corpora- Serlal No. 518,036

of the rocker structure bodiment oi? the improvements contemplated-c reference charherein, and in these drawings like acters identify the same parts wherever these parts appear in the different views,

The instrumentalities for practicing the present invention, as shown in Fig. l, comprise a drive shaft 5, having suitable operative connection with a motor or engine (not shown), and adriven shaft 6 disposed in axial aiinement with drive shaft 5 and having operative connection with the propeller shaft (not shown) of the boat or other conveyance through the medium of a detachable coupling member I sollned to said driven shaft 6. The proximate end portions of these shafts 5 and 6 are preferably piloted the one in the other within a stationary housing. As shown thedrive shaft 5 has a reduced portion 8 that enters a hollow cupped or bell-shaped end portion driven friction rollers iii are interposed between adto journal and aline said shafts.

1 The stationary housing is a two-part structure consisting of hollow cylindrical sections II and H. the former, ll, having an opening in its end wall-to seat a ball-bearing assembly l3 for journaling the adiacent portion of drive shaft 5. and the end of the other housing section l2 has a hollow axial boss lZa that seats a ball-bearing assembly II to journal the adjacent portion of driven shaft 6. The adjacent edges of the housopposite sides of an intermediate annular flange l5 having internal splines l6 that form one or the components of ture. The flange l or body portion i1 between splines i6 "and the outer shell of housing H which positions the splines adjacent and surrounding the drive shaft 5. Web i1 divides the interior of the housin into two axially alined compartments or chamv bers, one of which encloses the planetary transa planetary gearing assemthe outer end of shaft 6, and suitable antiand I! are bolted together upon the transmission brake struc- 5 has a relatively wide web driven sun gear the stationary internal splines I mission assembly and the other of which enand the driving sun gear I9 is splined to drive shaft 5 adjacent its reduced piloted end 8. These sun gears l8 and I9 preferably are of the same size an they are provided with the same number of teeth. The driving sun gear I9 is meshed with elongated planet gears that rotate upon spindles 2| projecting laterally from a diskshaped carrier plate 22. These planet gears 20 have reduced end portion 23 that are remote to the carrier plate 22, so that they will clear the teeth of the driven sun gear l8, and the outer ends of these planet gears abut a carrier retainer ring 24 that is pinned to the adjacent ends of the spindles 2|.

Intermediate the planet gears 20 there is a sec. ond set of elongated planet gears 25 that are rotatably mounted upon lateral spindles 26 project-- ing from the carrier plate 22 in the same manner as the other spindles 2| and have their opposite ends mounted in the ring 24. The second planet gears 25 extend between plate 22 and the ring 24. These second pla et gears mesh with the IB, and have reduced end portions 25' adjacent the carrier 22 to clear t e driving sun gear l9. As seen in Fi s. 1 and 2, portions of the planet gears 20 and 2-5 are disposed so that they have their teeth overla ping and in mesh with each other to transmit the torque of driving sun gear I 9 to the driven sun gear l8.

The. carrier plate 22 is provided with a hollow sleeve or axial hub 21 surrounding the adjacent portion of the drive shaft 5 and passing thro gh.

the splined opening in intermediate flange I5 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. A relatively wide cooperating brake element 28 surrounds this sleeve 21 and its wide teeth 29 are meshed with 6. The end of brakeelement 28 that projects into housing member II is reduced and provided synchronizer cone 30 to rec ive the correspondingly tapered bore of the blocker ring 3| with which it is adapted to be frictionally engaged whenever the shift collar 32 is moved to the right in Fig. 1. Another blocker ring 33 is mounted with iitstapered bore upon a correspondingly tapered synchronizer cone 34 on the drive shaft 5 and alongside this blocker ring 33 are teeth 35 that are preferably formed integrally with the drive shaft 5.

The shift collar 32 has an annular groove 36 adapted to be engaged by a shift pin or yoke 31 when'the assembly is in the neutral. forward or reverse positions. This plate 39 is secured to a short rock shaft 42 journaled in abearing boss 43 on housing member II and is actuated by a rocker arm 44 that is manually operatedin any suitable manner. The shift pin or yoke 31 projects laterally from the indexing plate with its axis parallel to the rocker shaft 42 and is eccentric thereto in order that an arcuate movement is imparted to said with a tapered,

axis of the snap ring to the adjacent end portion of the elongated sleeve 21 carrier 22. In order to permit or reverse positions when the control or gear shift lever rotates the indexing plate 39.

drive shaft 5 to the hub 45 which in effect bodily rotates the carrier 22 and sun gear l9 at the same speed thus establishing a direct forward drive in the driven shaft 6.

While this invention has been described in detail in its present preferred form or embodiment, it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art,

after understanding the improvements, that va- 4 and axial movement, said element thereby also pin 31 when the rocker shaft is-r'otated in one direction or the other.

The shift collar 32 of the synchronizer assemserving to position said carrier against axial 2. A reversing transmission combination. a. drive shaft and against axial movement in one direction, an externally toothed clutch element secured on the other end of the sleeve portion of said'carrier, external teeth on the drive shaft on the side 01 said toothed clutch element opposite from said brake element, a slidable, internally toothed clutch sleeve carried by said toothed clutch elementand selectively engageable with said teeth on the drive shaft to establish direct drive or with the external teeth on said brake elernent to establish reverse drive, and blocker type synchronizers interposed on either side of said clutch sleeve to prevent a shifting movement into engagement with said gear teeth on the drive shaft or with the toothed brake element until the speed of. rotation of their teeth are substantially synchronized.

, PALMER 

